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In the wake of Branyas's death, the oldest living person in the world is Japan's Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908 and is 116 years old, according to the U.S. Gerontology Research Group.
Maria Branyas, an American-born Spaniard considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, has died, her family said on Tuesday. The Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of ...
Maria Branyas Morera, age 117 years and 168 days, died in Spain on Aug. 19, 2024. The U.S. born woman was the eighth-oldest person with a verifiable age in history, according to Guinness World ...
Maria Branyas Morera (Catalan: [məˈɾiə ˈβɾaɲəs]; 4 March 1907 – 19 August 2024) was an American-Catalan supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 117 years, 168 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023.
Branyas, who had lived through the 1918-1920 Spanish flu pandemic, gained fame in Spain in May 2020 after she became the oldest person to successfully recover from COVID-19 at the time.
This is a list of notable people reported as having died either from coronavirus disease 2019 or post COVID-19 , as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic and post-COVID-19 pandemic.
The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men. 100 verified oldest women The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
Guinness World Records confirmed Branyas Morera was the oldest living woman, and person overall, in January 2023 following the death of Lucile Randon of France. She died in the nursing home ...